We report a case of a bihemispheric paradoxical cerebral embolism in a patient with
pulmonary thromboembolism and presumptive pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. The echocardiogram
showed no intracardiac shunt, and the transcranial Doppler (TCD) revealed spontaneous
microembolic signals in the middle cerebral arteries (MCAs), and late passage of a
higher number of microembolic signals in the MCAs, compatible with right-to-left shunt
(RLS). The TCD and the echocardiogram were useful for identifying the RLS when rapid
neurological deterioration occurred.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 19, 2016
Accepted:
March 19,
2016
Received in revised form:
March 14,
2016
Received:
February 3,
2016
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.03.038
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© 2016 National Stroke Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
